The Tories have released figures about bugs in the NHS. And I want to puke.

I worked in various Manchester hospitals while the Tories were last in power - they privatised cleaning (on the basis of the lowest bidder), ravaged budgets (the wards were largely staffed by student nurses), failed to invest in buildings (some hospital wards were still housed in Victorian workhouse buildings) and generally treated the NHS as if they were embarrassed by it.

I worked in a coronary care unit where some of the beds were permanently unoccupied (no budget for staff), with staff who were burnt out and pissed off (too many patients, too few trained nurses).

I am by no means convinced that that today's NHS is perfect - but there are new buildings, plenty of staff and cash for any number of initiatives related to infection etc. Compared to my experiences, it's fucking heaven.

Having the Tories wave their shrouds at us is insulting our intelligence; so even if Gordon Brown stays put, has an affair with a sheep, advises us to give up lamb and takes to drink, I would still rather vote for him and his bunch of lily-livered would-be socialists than Dave Cam the Sham and his bunch of weasels! So there!